Friday, September 16, 2016

Nashville Warblers are common migrants and breeders in Michigan. They are found in overgrown farmland and second growth forests as they forage for insects in low in trees and thickets.

This warbler was first described near Nashville, Tennessee, but it does not breed in that state. This misnomer is not an isolated incident: the Tennessee, Cape May and Connecticut warblers all bear names that misrepresent their breeding distributions.